Elon Musk Threatens To Implement Gifted Twitter Blue Subscriptions – Forbes

BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the … [+] Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)Getty Images A new report from Mashable’s Matt Binder says that more than half of Twitter Blue’s earlier subscribers are no longer subscribed at all. 54% of the 150,000 users who signed up when Elon’s new Twitter Blue launched in November are no longer subscribing. With advertising way, way down, Musk’s plan has always been to drive up subscriptions, mainly with the draw of a verified “blue check” that is for say for $8-11 a month, which he took away from everyone who had it for free, verified under the old system. That’s except for celebrities and public figures with over a million followers, where he’s just giving it to them to ensure there remains some appearance of validity to the system. Now, a user has suggested that Musk should open up Twitter Blue to allow for gifted subscriptions, to which he replied “Ok.” A short statement, perhaps, but one that does seem somewhat inevitable. If you can’t get people to sign up on their
Read More